Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:07:42PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> I remember sitting in an associate's office and commiserating about the
>> *stoopidity* of the whole concept of vi with it's hjkl arrow keys and
>> different modes for input and editing.  Now I'm happily ensconced in
>> that mindset.  I still understand the allure of emacs, though.
>
>FWIW, it's the only mindset that makes sense for touch-typists.  I mean,
>being able to move around the document without taking your fingers off the
>home row -- what can be better? :-)

Yep, now that you mention it, that's why I am on my fourth IBM
trackpoint keyboard.  My hands never have to leave the home row.

cgf